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胆固醇在淀粉样蛋白前体底物与 γ-分泌酶复合物结合中的作用。

The Role of Cholesterol in Amyloidogenic Substrate Binding to the γ-Secretase Complex.

机构信息

Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.

出版信息

Biomolecules. 2021 Jun 24;11(7):935. doi: 10.3390/biom11070935.

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is the most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder and is characterized by the presence of amyloid β (Aβ) plaques in the brain. The γ-secretase complex, which produces Aβ, is an intramembrane-cleaving protease consisting of four membrane proteins. In this paper we investigated the amyloidogenic fragments of amyloid precursor protein (substrates Aβ and Aβ, leading to less amyloidogenic Aβ and more amyloidogenic Aβ, respectively) docked to the binding site of presenilin, the catalytic subunit of γ-secretase. In total, we performed 9 μs of all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of the whole γ-secretase complex with both substrates in low (10%) and high (50%) concentrations of cholesterol in the membrane. We found that, at the high cholesterol level, the Aβ helix was statistically more flexible in the binding site of presenilin than Aβ. An increase in the cholesterol concentration was also correlated with a higher flexibility of the Aβ helix, which suggests incompatibility between Aβ and the binding site of presenilin potentiated by a high cholesterol level. However, at the C-terminal part of Aβ, the active site of presenilin was more compact in the case of a high cholesterol level, which could promote processing of this substrate. We also performed detailed mapping of the cholesterol binding sites at low and high cholesterol concentrations, which were independent of the typical cholesterol binding motifs.

摘要

阿尔茨海默病是最常见的进行性神经退行性疾病,其特征是大脑中存在淀粉样β(Aβ)斑块。γ-分泌酶复合物是产生 Aβ 的跨膜切割蛋白酶,由四个膜蛋白组成。在本文中,我们研究了与早老素(γ-分泌酶的催化亚基)结合位点结合的淀粉样前体蛋白(底物 Aβ 和 Aβ,分别导致较少淀粉样形成的 Aβ 和更多淀粉样形成的 Aβ)的淀粉样肽片段。总共,我们对整个 γ-分泌酶复合物进行了 9 μs 的全原子分子动力学模拟,在膜中胆固醇的低(10%)和高(50%)浓度下都有两种底物。我们发现,在高胆固醇水平下,Aβ 螺旋在早老素结合位点的统计上比 Aβ 更具柔韧性。胆固醇浓度的增加也与 Aβ 螺旋的柔韧性增加相关,这表明 Aβ 与早老素结合位点的不兼容性被高胆固醇水平增强。然而,在 Aβ 的 C 末端部分,高胆固醇水平下的早老素活性位点更紧凑,这可能促进该底物的加工。我们还在低和高胆固醇浓度下对胆固醇结合位点进行了详细映射,这些结合位点独立于典型的胆固醇结合基序。

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